End-of-life care in cancer patients: how much drug therapy and how much palliative care? Record linkage study in Northern Italy
Objectives Investigating end-of-life use of anticancer drugs and of palliative care services.Design Population based cohort linked to mortality registry and administrative databases.Setting Emilia-Romagna Region (Northern Italy).Participants 55 625 residents who died of cancer between 2017 and 2020....
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMJ Publishing Group
2022-05-01
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Series: | BMJ Open |
Online Access: | https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/12/5/e057437.full |